Our Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving :)
I want to take a moment, tell you about our Thanksgiving, and let you know about my God.
Today was probably one of the best days of my life. I woke up this morning and called my mom to see if Dad was up, and how he was feeling. She was somewhat upset and crying a little, and mentioned that he wasn't having a good day today. My Dad is at the point in his illness that you never know if it's going to be a good day, a bad day, or an okay day. His body and his nerves jerk a lot, it's hard to tell whether it's from the medicine, or from his liver shutting down and the bile going through his blood stream. Sometimes he hallucinates a lot of his conversations here lately, and his worst times are when he is sleeping. Well it appears to be that way to us, but according to the order of death, they are actually the most comfortable during these times. We were totally thankful that my Dad has pulled through and was here to spend Thanksgiving with us.
I went to my Grandma's house at noon where the rest of my family, (cousins, uncles, aunt and Grandma) were celebrating Thanksgiving, and my mom was gracious enough to cover this time and be with Dad while my brother and I went to see our Grandma and family and eat and give thanks. I left at 1:00 so that I could go and be with my Dad while my mom went over to my Grandma's. I came home, and I went into my Dads room, he was awake, and smiled when I walked in. His first words were..."I'm thankful." I said "you're thankful Dad, tell me what you're thankful for" my Dad proceeded to say..."I'm thankful for my two wonderful children, and my awesome wife." I instantly cried and told him that he has to stop being so sweet because I'm such a softie and giggled a little. I told him where I was, and that the family missed him and we were praying for him and thinking about him. I told him that I had one of my cousins saurkraut balls because those were his favorite. I said "Heidi asked if you'd eat a saurkraut ball, and I told her probably not", he sat up and said "let's go over, I'll eat one". I was amazed that my dad even had the strength to get out of the house, he hasn't in awhile.
The Lord gave us an amazing day with our dad. Our dad's body was calm, he wasn't jerking, his mind was clear and he knew who we were, who everyone was, and was a blessing to be around all day, and he had a wonderful time seeing his extended family at my Grandma's house. He actually stayed about an hour and a half, and came home, and was still awake, still smiling, still the same old dad I've known the past 27 years of my life. Other than his appearance, you would have never known he was even sick and dying.
That's my God. That's what my God, my Jesus does for his children. He is a giver, a lover, he sustains us, and gives us grace and mercy. The Lord gave us a perfect day today, and for that, on this Thanksgiving, I am thankful. Thank you Jesus. I will never forget today.
Oh yeah, Jamie and Micah cooked thanksgiving for our family at my parents house, it was yummy and such a blessing that my mom didn't have to cook this year. We are thankful for that too!
I am thankful for my friends today, thank you for the ones who called to share their love and concern. You mean the world to me!